These are just some personal antecdotes on my own lung health history that I want to share in case there are others out there who could benefit from this information.
I grew up with 2 smokers in the house, leaving me with underdeveloped sinuses, allergies and reduced lung capacity. I've always had poor cardiovascular endurance - even when I ran regularly.
My medical history contains such things as recurrent sinus infections, bronchitis, pneumonia, allergies and exercise-induced asthma. After a particularly long chest cold that just would not go away, I returned to the doctor's office to see a physician's assistant who helped me. He prescribed serevent and flovent (this was before Advair) and I used them for about 6 months. I could not believe what my lungs cleared themselves of.
Apparently, in the lower lobes of my lungs, everything was blocked up and I could not get any air around the garbage to get it coughed up and out. Reducing the inflammation and dilating the airways helped me achieve that and my lungs cleared themselves well. I was able to go off of the inhalers, though it seems I need to go back on them after a deep chest cold. I have had FAR fewer serious colds since and they clear up much faster, even if I don't use the inhaler.
After struggling for about two years straight to improve my cardio endurance with no results, going on those inhalers short-term really made a huge difference in what I thought I was going to be stuck with for the rest of my life.
Anyone else have these kind of results from a similar circumstance.
I grew up with 2 smokers in the house, leaving me with underdeveloped sinuses, allergies and reduced lung capacity. I've always had poor cardiovascular endurance - even when I ran regularly.
My medical history contains such things as recurrent sinus infections, bronchitis, pneumonia, allergies and exercise-induced asthma. After a particularly long chest cold that just would not go away, I returned to the doctor's office to see a physician's assistant who helped me. He prescribed serevent and flovent (this was before Advair) and I used them for about 6 months. I could not believe what my lungs cleared themselves of.
Apparently, in the lower lobes of my lungs, everything was blocked up and I could not get any air around the garbage to get it coughed up and out. Reducing the inflammation and dilating the airways helped me achieve that and my lungs cleared themselves well. I was able to go off of the inhalers, though it seems I need to go back on them after a deep chest cold. I have had FAR fewer serious colds since and they clear up much faster, even if I don't use the inhaler.
After struggling for about two years straight to improve my cardio endurance with no results, going on those inhalers short-term really made a huge difference in what I thought I was going to be stuck with for the rest of my life.
Anyone else have these kind of results from a similar circumstance.